Growing In Unity Day 5

Welcome back for the last day of Growing In Unity for me this year! Thank you for all of the encouragement, kind words, and ideas this week! I look forward to growing this blog (probably not daily because that is overwhelming to me at this time) more often! There are 4 other posts on this blog that are all titled "Growing In Unity" and then the day number next (start here). Go check them out, leave a comment, and you could be one of the two (yes, 2) lucky random winners of a $20 gift card to Unity Stamp Company where you could snag the stamps that I used this week (and so much more)!

It's Friday and I hope that you have something fun and/or relaxing planned for this weekend (even if you work weekends - do something for you)! I will be attending a local hockey game this evening. Tomorrow I will be visiting with a friend I haven't seen in several years and then attending a local opera performance (two of my friends are performing). Sunday will be a day of relaxing which could mean cleaning and organizing (anyone else out there find those things almost therapeutic?!).

Okay, okay, here's day 5's card.

For this one, I combined stamp sets. There is so much versatility in these stamps! The plants are from "Bloom from Within" and the sentiment is from "Tree of Love {July 2021 sentiment kit}". They are both stamped in VersaFine black ink (surprise, surprise!). The flower patterned paper is from a 6x6 cardstock stack that I found on clearance that had no cover so I'm not sure which company it's from. The blue shimmer cardstock was from a shimmer stack that I got years ago and cut into card mats. I threw on three golden yellow adhesive dots from my stash (the magic of threes eh?!). I think I could have swapped out the white card base with a cream-colored card base to match a bit better, but it was already glued down when I had thought of that so I'll save that thought for next time.

It has been a pleasure sharing my card creations with you all. I hope that you have been inspired! For more inspiration from amazing artists, check out the Unity Stamp Co Growing In Unity Facebook group!

Growing In Unity 2022 Day 3

Welcome back! It's Day 3 of Growing In Unity and I got to try a new technique today!

Before I go into that, remember that there are two (yes, 2) $20 gift cards up for grabs for two lucky random commenters so be sure to head back to Day 1's Post Here to see both Day 1 and Day 2 and comment there.

Isn't this background stamp image simply amazing?! Look at the detail! This is the Daisy Days stamp from Unity Stamp Co. This is a full card sized image but I wanted space for a sentiment so I put some washi tape down and stamped the full image over it. I then pulled the washi tape up (and got Versafine ink all over my fingers from not paying attention) and had a blank space. I pulled out the "Bloom from Within" stamp set and stamped the sentiment in the blank space.

I loved how this turned out so quickly and so detailed, that I made two other cards like it with different colors in the background. This is the one I liked best as I just adore the black details on Kraft cardstock. I love keeping things simple but by all means, add ideas in your comments about embellishments for this card so I have some things to play around with.

See you back tomorrow for Day 4!